Instead, it's three DVDs (or two Blu-rays) of Sting's best matches, running from his UWF days in the mid-1980s to the last ever WCW Nitro in 2001. His TNA tenure is (perhaps wisely) completely ignored.

There are much-too-short segments featuring snippets of archive Sting interviews, super-cheesy voiceover and, again, far-too-brief talking heads from those who know Steve Borden or were inspired by him.

It makes fascinating viewing, both for all the right and wrong reasons. Shorn of nearly all build and context, the matches don't make as much sense as they should, especially towards the end.

But there's still plenty of great in-ring action to enjoy, and watching the three discs is as much an education in the changing world of professional wrestling as it is in The Stinger.

We're still hoping for a proper doc, but this will definitely nestle alongside that inevitable release on our DVD shelves. Here are eight things we learned from the collection.

1. "Sting didn't know what a Hulk Hogan was"
If the Hulkster is suggesting that his fame is less than all-encompassing, you can probably believe him.

The young Steve Borden was bodybuilding in Venice, California at Gold's Gym - the same establishment where Hulk was getting jacked.

After making some inquiries, Sting realised that pro-wrestling could give him "a chance to travel and hopefully make a pretty good living".

2. He was a Blade Runner with Ultimate Warrior.
First known as The Freedom Fighters (Justice & Flash), then The Blade Runners (Rock and Sting) Steve Borden teamed up with Jim Hellwig - later to be known as The Ultimate Warrior.

"This fellow, you can just let the appearance tell the story. Man, not only is he huge and muscular, he seems to be a little bit deranged" - the announcer's verdict on the late Warrior could have been said at any time during his wrestling career.

3. Sting had his perfect dance partner in Ric Flair
On this disc there are some great matches with men as diverse as Lex Luger, Mike Rotundo, The Great Muta, Nikita Koloff, Ron Simmons, 'Stunning' Steve Austin and Big Van Vader.

Vader says: "Sting's athleticism was excellent. He was as good as anybody on that level - Shaun Michaels to Triple H. As an in-ring performer Sting ranks right up at the top."

But Sting found his perfect dance partner in Ric Flair, the Nature Boy. It's a struggle to think of a better-suited perennial babyface/heel combo.

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"He was created by Ric Flair," says John Laurinaitis, which is pushing it, but not by much.

Kevin Sullivan adds: "If I needed to draw a rating, Sting and Flair always drew. It was like Ali and Frazier."

On the DVD we join their rivalry at the Great American Bash in 1990. From Flair feeling up Sting's muscles, to him pleading for mercy, to selling a military press the way only he can, Flair was key to Sting's early success.

It's fitting that the collection ends with Sting and Flair's embrace after the Nature Boy taps out to the Scorpion Death Lock on the last ever WCW Nitro.

4. Sting was Hulk Hogan and John Cena wrapped up in one and more
Unlike both those characters, Sting didn't draw the same ire from young men. An eternal face, there were enough wrinkles to his character and genuine vulnerability to keep you rooting for the guy.

"He was rock and roll, he was California, he was Hollywood, he was facepaint, he did the 'Oooowh!'" says Brodus Clay.

"He did the loud colours when everyone else was pretty much tradition."

Modern anti-hero Dean Ambrose was just as smitten. "He was the total package. Infectious energy. People really connected to him."

Natalya described him as the "first real character of WCW", adding: "He was kind of a new age revolutionary."

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For his own growing fame, Sting, of course, thanked the fans, especially all the Little Stingers out there.

"I think I'm the same Sting I was eight years ago," he claimed. "When I'm lit up they're lit up. I feed off the people and I think they feed off me sometimes."

Where Sting nods ahead of Cena and - Hollywood Hogan aside - the Hulkster was his willingness to constantly change and evolve.

From changing his hair colour to going full Crow, Sting was sensible enough to stay a moving target to keep things interesting.

"So many guys find a niche, but sooner or later unless you're a complete icon you've gotta get out that niche and reinvent yourself, reinvent yourself, reinvent yourself, " says Kevin Nash.

"Because as you get older and there's new kids on the block and you're 50, you're going to be in trouble."

5. Dutch Mantel has the hairiest back in pro-wrestling
Their 1990 bout with The Man Who Would Be Zeb ends in a Four Horsemen run-in, but we're too busy gawping at Mantel's impressive stylings to even pay attention by that point.

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6. Announcers and officials are utterly vital to storytelling in the ring
As acknowledged, there's not much in the way of VT, build or even promos on this collection. Thankfully, in the early days there is some completely solid storytelling by men in the ring.

Just as importantly, the ring announcers do their bit to turn two men grappling into a proper narrative, without overloading on tedious backstory.

"The referee is giving Sting some liberties, simply because Terry Funk, Gary Hart and Muta took so many liberties earlier in the night," we hear, legitimising the heelish actions of our babyface.

"I used to officiate these matches. The referee could have stayed in the ring and counted. He wants to get this thing settled as badly as these athletes - as these fans here in Greenville... I think it was great discretionary officiating by Nick Patrick."

Obvious wrestling botches aside, if you're looking at a match and thinking "How is that allowed?" or "That doesn't make sense?!", then the refs and announcers aren't doing their job right.

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7. Sting borrowed the Scorpion Death Lock from Japan
Those announcers also did their job in selling Sting's submission finisher every bit as well as his opponents did.

But where did it actually come from? Like many wrestling innovations, it was over in Japan.

"It's something I learned over in Japan - my very first trip to Japan," Sting reveals.

"A really good wrestler over there named Riki Chosu. He uses the Scorpion Death Lock. A lot. He taught that to me and ever since then I've decided to use it."

8. Less is moreThe Best of Sting isn't about the rise and fall of WCW, but with Sting being the promotion's standard bearer and icon, it inevitably feels like that towards the end.

In a series of matches with serious talent, you can see exactly why the promotion just disintegrated towards the end.

Even without the build, all of the early matches on the Best of Sting tell a story you can read. By the second half of Disc Three, it's just a clusterflip.

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The formation nWo was a masterstroke that resurrected Hogan's pro-wrestling career and gave Sting the antagonists he needed to make his dark Crow babyface all-the-more alluring when he dropped from the rafters.

By the time we got the Wolfpac and Elite, it all gets too convoluted to care. Matches on the disc disintegrate into DQs, confusing beatdowns and just a mess of wasted storylines and rivalries.

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When it's all stripped back again for that last one-on-one Nitro match with Ric Flair - clean finish and all - you're reminded how effective and simple pro-wrestling storytelling can be, even as the announcers put aside the action to tackle the big picture.

"What will the future hold for World Championship Wrestling? Will there be a future?" they ask, the dramatic irony heavy to those watching.

"We're gonna find out in this broadcast. To see Mr McMahon on Nitro is an incredible feat in itself. Something I never thought I would see.

"Mr McMahon is in to tell us what's going on, what's our future? What's the future of Sting? What's the future of Ric Flair?

"Can you imagine Mr McMahon with the future of Ric Flair right in the palm of his hands?"

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